A slap...
Five billion in funding?
There was a commotion in the venue.
Wang Hao is a scholar specially invited to the conference. In fact, he is not here as the leader of the project team or a representative of the laboratory or enterprise, but specifically to make superconducting research and directional reports.
No one in the venue expected that the first thing Wang Hao said when he came to the stage was to ask for funds, and he asked for five billion.
This number is really shocking.
Wang Chenglin and Du Jianhua are the leaders of the large-scale experimental group. They just took the stage and talked about the project. They did not talk about the specific funding, but they estimated it to be 100 to 200 million.
The research and development expenditure exceeds 100 million, which is considered a major project.
When Wang Hao opened his mouth, it was five billion, which already exceeded the total budget of the Science and Technology Support Department alone.
The Science Foundation certainly cannot afford it, and their total budget to support superconducting research cannot reach 5 billion.
Similar major projects can only be approved by the top leadership group, a special project meeting must be held, and the national finance department and science and technology department designate funding.
This is beyond the scope of the meeting.
Even if all the official representatives and scholars at the venue recognized Wang Hao's research, they would not be able to decide to approve such a major project.
After a burst of uproar, the venue suddenly became quiet. They all didn't quite understand why Wang Hao would talk about such an important project on this occasion.
Normally, similar to major R&D projects, because the required funds are too low, similar to small particle collider and top small projects, the first step is to conduct a demonstration and hold a general meeting, and then the Ministry of Science and Technology will approve it. Continued Let’s discuss the regression again.
What's the point of saying it outside of that?
The bad guys all looked at the audience with curious eyes.
Miao Yi paused for a moment before setting the tone, "In that research, funding is only one aspect."
I explained, "You have not achieved certain results in your research on superconducting materials."
Everyone outside the venue understood what I meant. I was talking about the Superconducting Materials Laboratory, which has developed low-temperature superconducting materials that can be used in industry.
Miao Yi continued, "Several of the materials are worthless."
"You understand the elemental composition and critical issues of each material, as well as some of its physical properties."
"Your research is not based on this to connect with semi-topological theory. It uses experimental data to communicate the theoretical mechanism, so as to further expand the theoretical and applied research on superconductivity."
"That will be a huge systematic project!"
Wang Hao gave a complicated explanation.
The bad guys here are all top scholars in the field of superconductivity, and I am also an official in academia, science and technology departments, and related people. We will understand it if we just think about it.
Because there are not many superconducting materials that can be used in industry, based on the materials we have made, we use their physical properties and experimental research data to connect the contents of the semi-topological theory to deduce some new things.
Current research on superconducting materials relies on semi-topological theory, but the theory is only one direction, and materials research is rarely deterministic.
Why a material has low-temperature superconductivity and other physical properties can only be explained vaguely by a semi-topological theory.
After all, semi-topological theory has tentative proof of the composition of matter from simple elements.
Therefore, it is also a feasible method to use the simple materials produced to infer the theoretical content.
only....
If you want to really study meaningless content, you will definitely get no results?
Some top superconducting scholars are thinking about the research questions and feel that nothing is certain.
Based on the characteristics of the existing materials and combined with the basic theory, I hope to study the theoretical content of taking a step back. It is indeed a feasible solution, but it will definitely not yield results, and there is a small probability that it will not yield results.
That's mainly
It's because of its simplicity.
The reason why the semi-topological theory can only demonstrate the combination of two elements is not because of the simplicity of calculation and analysis. Taking a step back, the eight elements are not so simple that it makes people's scalp numb. The seven elements are simply imagined.
In this way, when faced with a substance composed of a dozen or less atoms, can it be fruitless to just base it on its physics and individual characteristics, and then base it on basic theories?
One of them is that the certainty is too low.
Of course we know that Miao Yi has not determined the semi-topological microscopic morphology of a material, and the missing part is not that part.
Of course, Wang Haonv will tell everything at the meeting, and my purpose is to persuade others to support the project.
The funding of 7 billion seems to be very small, but funding has always been a problem for Wang Hao.
As long as you apply for something unusual, it is only a matter of time before the funds are approved.
Whether it is the Science Foundation, the Ministry of Science and Technology, small enterprises, or even the lowest leadership group, they will support my research and development.
Seven billion is not such a small number.
Even if it is just a superconducting industrial company, it will not be able to continuously invest funds to support my research and development in the future.
Wang Hao said seriously, "It is a systems engineering project that requires not only funds, but also a small amount of manpower, equipment, and a large number of experiments."
"You need very few experiments and very little data collection, and it can be completed in one or two laboratories."
"In addition, the experiments are limited to the fields of superconductivity and mechanism, and you also need to perform some other material property analysis.
"So it requires a small experimental team to complete..."
When Wang Hao mentioned that, few people in the venue understood.
A small systematic research project requires very little experimentation and research. It can be basically completed by a single laboratory, as long as it requires the cooperation of other experimental teams.
Without the cooperation of other experimental teams, we can only build an ultra-small experimental team, which may require several thousand to tens of thousands of people.
Obviously.
Just for a single project, building such an experimental institution is worth the loss, because the cost of creating the institution itself is not astronomical.
In addition, even if there is not enough funds, enough talents can be recruited in a short period of time.
Everyone in the venue couldn't help but started discussing, "It's not that Academician Wang is going to apply for a very small project, but we can't complete that project by ourselves, and we need the cooperation of the rest of our team."
"What if the research is centered on my team and not the Superconducting Materials Laboratory? Our anti-gravity team can also cooperate, and other teams will also assign some experimental work."
"Are those main projects and sub-projects?
"It can't be said that if we do research together with other laboratories, it must be a primary and secondary project."
"But in short, the entire project is managed by the main team, and other laboratories do not cooperate and assign experimental tasks..."
"It's so weird!"
The first sentence was said by Du Jianhua in a loud voice. I was sitting with Miao Bizhen and we were discussing it, "Anyway, your team members are joining the project, no matter whether it is seven billion or ten billion, even if it is one thousand Yi, you are also joining!"
"the same as you!"
Miao Yizhen nodded thoughtfully, "I remember when Wang Hao was doing exchange gravity research, you didn't even consider cooperation, let alone the current theoretical research."
"Is joining a project a sub-project? Research is controlled by others, and experiments are all assigned. You still have to do research yourself to be free...
Du Jianhua nodded in approval, "Yes, even if you are doing large-scale research worth tens of millions, you will have the most freedom. If you join Wang Hao's project, instead of assigning tasks, even if there is no result at the beginning, it will still be our materials experiment group and the rest of my team. It’s all related, at least just add the name of the organization.”
Miao Yizhen said, "Yeah, it doesn't make sense? It's like working for someone else, and funding and research are all controlled by them...
..
I said, still shaking my head.
Although a small part of project funding for domestic experimental institutions in the field of superconductivity comes from the Science Foundation, we only agree with the overall project direction of the Science Foundation.
Definitely joining Wang Hao's project means losing another subordinate in the mind, and also losing the degree of freedom in research.
"The gains are worth the losses!"
"You are not one of the best teams, why would you join someone else's project..."
"How whimsical!"
"Even Wang Jie can do it... I guess a few teams will join in. Don't worry, that project will be delayed!"
"It makes sense to get the project approved. You feel that the direction is still certain. Even if the theory makes sense, the semi-topological theory is very muddy. Is it possible to take a step back?"
"The same applies to applications. We have already produced 120K materials. Can we also produce 150K or 200K?"
"It is possible!"
"The project has little meaning at all..."
The first thing we talked about was the development of superconductivity. In fact, not only Wang Chenglin and Miao Yizhen saw it that way, but everyone else saw it that way.
Now that we have lost semi-topological theory, we have strengthened the research on Hodge's conjecture and made the theory more simplified. However, simplification is only in the field of mathematical calculation and analysis, and there is no qualitative breakthrough in practice.
In terms of application, low-temperature superconducting materials exceeding 120K that can be used in industry have not yet been manufactured, and it will be difficult to continue without regressing.
Many scholars believe that there is no bottleneck for superconducting materials, and perhaps there will be breakthroughs in the next few decades or even the next hundred years.
Room-temperature superconductivity still only exists in imagination for the time being.
Du Jianhua and Wang Chenglin expressed their interest in the project with one sentence and one sentence with you. They felt that Wang Hao was being fanciful. We denied the project and the direction, but we also asserted that we would join the project.
We did not question whether the project could be applied for.
That was the project Miao Yi talked about. With my personal influence, if there is any problem with the approval, it cannot even be said that it is just a matter of time.
The reaction at the scene was exactly the same as what we said.
When Wang Hao finished speaking, extremely cold applause suddenly erupted in the venue, and the most applauding people were not representatives of some medium and large laboratories.
Our thoughts are exactly the same.
Every team is a small laboratory. There are only eight small superconducting research centers in China, including the Condensed Matter Physics Research Center, the Basic Science Laboratory, and the Key Laboratory of Superconductivity of the Academy of Sciences.
Even Deng Huanshan's superconducting material experimental group is far behind.
For medium and large superconducting teams, it is not bad to be able to join a small project worth 7 billion and get some funds.
One is because the funding is really attractive. If you join the project, you can get as much funding as possible. As for cooperating with the research, it is basically a problem. The purpose of the project is not to fund, but to make something important. Research.
In addition, due to the achievements of semi-topological theory and new materials, the bad team is working hard.
When survival is a problem, joining ultra-small projects to get funds is not super bad news.
....
During the remaining time of the meeting, Fu Xiangdong also came down to talk about the work of the computing group and the future research directions.
I am not stepping down to explain the work direction of the algebraic geometry group, but also to lay the foundation for subsequent funding applications.
Before Fu Xiangdong came on stage, none of the experimental group representatives left the stage. They only came up after speaking for more than ten minutes.
At the beginning of the previous afternoon meeting, the bad guy came to Wang Hao and asked me about the "seven billion" project.
The leaders of some medium and large experimental teams said simply, "Academician Wang, if your team wants to join the project, you are included. There are dozens of people in the laboratory, and they have listened to Academician Wang before!"
"What did he ask you to do?
Well, just do whatever you want. There is absolutely no Chapter 7. Academician Wang, your team also has no strength..."
At that time, Wang Chenglin and Du Jianhua felt isolated. They stood together and looked at each other from a distance, both showing their willingness to ask, "Why are those people so spineless? They even joined the project and helped other teams. Project, not interesting?"
"Speaking of which, the research done by Wang Hao seems to be similar to what you are applying for. Will it affect you?"
"Maybe?"
"Never mind me! Anyway, if you are willing to join, even if Wang Hao says it himself, you will directly agree that your basic research center can do research alone."
"Same for you!
Du Jianhua and Wang Chenglin looked at each other, hesitation written down their faces, and said that even if they applied for a new project, they would join Wang Hao's research.
The two walked out of the venue together.
When it came, before the insides separated, Du Jianhua could not help but let out a deep breath. He thought about it and realized what he had just done.
What I just said is exactly the same as what I think outside my heart.
Are you joining Wang Hao’s project?
What a joke!
I'm sure new project applications are coming, and the Basic Science Research Center will have no small projects related to superconductivity.
In addition, there is no harm in joining Miao Yi's project. We can also use this to learn more about the new direction of superconducting research, and at the same time, we can't get too much funding.
A seven billion project!
The Basic Science Center is one of the smallest superconducting research teams in the country. If it joins the project, it will get the least experimental work if it is the smallest team.
Even if only one-tenth of the total funding is allocated, there will still be no funds of 700 million.
Du Jianhua thought seriously, "As new project applications come in, I will join Wang Hao's project."
"Even if the project application is submitted, it cannot be considered..."
"This guy Wang Chenglin is really stupid. He still joined. The worst is like that. By then, if your team is the smallest partner, it will be allocated less experimental work and funds."
"Until the research results are gone, your contribution will be considered number one, but it won't be number seven, right? By then, maybe your name will not be listed on the results..."
Du Jianhua was full of anticipation and admiration.
the other side.
Wang Chenglin and Miao Yizhen had the same idea, and I also thought to myself, "That Miao Yizhen really has no brain disease, and still has a backbone? And freedom? Without funds, there is no freedom!"
"It's a bad thing..."
"Do you have a rich talent pool? If you join the project, if you can get a small amount of funding, then..."
...
The purpose of Miao Yi's participation in the meeting was not to find a group setting to explain the research direction and persuade the rest of the experimental team to join in systematic research.
My goal has not been achieved yet.
On the same day, the leader of the experimental team came to visit me, patting his chest and saying that he would definitely join the project.
Even more...
When I returned to the hotel in the evening, I received two calls in a row, one from Du Jianhua and the other from Wang Chenglin.
Both of them explained that there were too few people during the day and they could discuss it with Wang Hao in detail. However, as long as the project application was submitted, the Basic Science Center (Key Laboratory of Superconductivity of the Academy of Sciences) would definitely join it.
Wang Hao felt weird, and I also thought about it. It would be bad news if the two smallest teams decided to join.
With fewer teams joining, experiments can be regressed more slowly and less data can be collected to complete the research.
In the next two days, Wang Jiebao continued to attend the meeting, but only a small part of the content had something to do with me.
The previous meetings discussed policy and direction issues.
The content of the previous day was very boring. It was to identify two superconducting application projects, one was a power-related superconducting power storage project, and the other was to form a superconducting motor research group.
The former is just a large-scale applied research. As long as there is no supply of materials, rapid research and improvement will not be possible.
The latter is a national-level major science and technology project, which is directly related to the storage and supply balance of national electricity.
Before attending the materials conference, Wang Hao did not return to Xihai directly because I received an invitation to go to the Eighth Aerospace Industry District to watch new equipment experiments.
The new equipment is based on Wang Hao's mathematical research and is installed under the missile so that the missile has no anti-interception capability.
On the seventh day, Wang Hao waited for the people sent by the Eighth Aerospace Industry District to receive us, and then we took a plane to Xijing City.
Before leaving Xijing Airport, I got into a military vehicle and headed to the Aerospace Industry Zone 8, an experimental base located around Xijing.
In addition, a missile anti-interception experiment will be carried out, which uses the most special test bomb to carry out the anti-interception of the conventional anti-missile system until the missile hits the target.
For the anti-interception process of the anti-missile system, the Nuji missile uses an anti-interception auxiliary device designed by the 137th Institute of the Eighth Aerospace Industry Zone and installed above the conventional missile warhead--
Missile anti-interception orbiting injector.
